Cuse, Boeheim agree to settlement in fatal crash

Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim was totally at ease during his first-ever virtual media day with reporters last week, confident that all the coronavirus precautions implemented by the team would allow the Orange to start the season as planned. No team meetings, no meetings between coaches, no film sessions, coaches wearing masks all the time, electronic gadgets to monitor social distancing, and more. Now Boeheim is in isolation and program activities have been paused.

Lute Olson, the Hall of Fame coach who turned Arizona into a college basketball powerhouse, has died. ”Coach Olson is the absolute best, one of the greatest coaches ever and one of the greatest human beings ever,” Georgia Tech coach and former Arizona player Josh Pasnter tweeted. Olson spent 24 seasons at Arizona, revitalizing a fan base in the desert while transforming a program that had been to the NCAA Tournament just three times in 79 years before he was hired in 1983.

Rory McIlroy and the rest of the early groups are dealing with damper conditions than they did the day before at Carnoustie.